Monday, September 6, 2010

Jesus figure found on Louisiana telephone pole
The resemblance was reported by drivers on Highway 26 in rural Jeff Davis parish.  One of them, Rickey Navarre, told US television station KPLC: “It just caught my eye. I said to myself that sure looks like an image of Jesus hanging from the telephone pole.

Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7985793/Jesus-seen-in-telephone-pole.html 

Psychologist says their is no evidence of 'repressed memories', and traumatic events are not easily
The idea that traumatised people, especially the victims of child sexual abuse, deliberately repress horrific memories goes all the way back to the 19th century and the theories of Sigmund Freud himself.  But now some experts are saying the evidence points the other way.  Professor Grant Devilly, from Griffith University's Psychological Health research unit, says the memory usually works in the opposite way, with traumatised people reliving experiences they would rather forget.  "It's the opposite. They wish they couldn't think about it," he said.

Full article: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/06/3003364.htm


Proof of life on Mars still possible says scientist
When Nasa's two Viking landers picked up and examined samples of Martian soil in 1976, scientists found no evidence for carbon-rich molecules or biology.  But after the Phoenix Mars Lander discovered the chlorine-containing chemical perchlorate in the planet's "arctic" region in 2008, scientists decided to re-visit the issue.

Full article: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11201699

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